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T his owl-framed After marrying Carl Apfel lifetime by The Costume
bespectacled in 1948, the couple co- Institute at the Metropolitan
woman has founded the textile company Museum of Art in New York
spent a lifetime Old World Weavers which entitled Rara Avis (Rare Bird):
creating memorable moments they ran between 1950 and The Irreverent Iris Apfel.
through her couture and 1992. During that time Iris
interior design simply by Apfel worked in design Apfel still consults and
being her stylish self. restoration projects including lectures about style and has
at the White House for nine modeled recently for MAC
Born in 1921 in Queens, U.S. presidents: Truman, cosmetics, among others.
New York, Iris Apfel, nee Eisenhower, Kennedy, She was featured in Albert
Barrel, studied art history, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Maysles’ documentary Iris
then worked for Women’s Reagan, and Clinton. and also Danny Gold’s star-
Wear Daily and interior In 2005 Apfel was honored studded nonagenarian flick,
designer Elinor Johnson. with an exposition of the If You’re not in the Obit, Eat “Fashion you can buy, style you possess.”
She was also an assistant to Couture collection she had Breakfast released in 2017.
illustrator Robert Goodman. - Iris Apfel
added to throughout her
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